Drawing drawing drawing

Hello,

I have been working on a couple of new illustrations, all at the same time, and I'll be posting the finished pieces on my website very soon, but for now I have some shots of work in progress for you all to have a look at.

This self portrait was really fun to draw even thought it took ages, as for some reason I seem to constantly create extra work for myself and do things the longest way possible.. since I don't have a big scanner and I keep drawing things to scale, for some reason, I drew parts of the portrait on separate sheets of paper and then joined them together, luckily it all fit!..But seriously, it took twice as long to complete! I did like the effect it created though. I then added some colour.

This Illustration I did for a friend's blog competition, which still hasn't been held, but here's some previous of what it's like. I've had some funny guesses of who the guy on the left is.. it's definitely not the Prime Minister.. or Hugh Grant.. so i'll let you guess for a while as I find it amusing! :D

I have also been working on a commission for a friend, adding personal elements to her portrait which has been really fun! I've started adding colour to it with colouring pencils and I'm excited to see the finished piece, hope you are too! Here's some 'in progress' photos:

Oh and I have been doing a bit of cleaning/organising of my studio and came across some old drawings..this one made me laugh!

Thanks for reading!

:)